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Could I theoretically keep gaming on windows 10, while doing any other work (banking etc) on linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Maybe a dumb question, the biggest reason I can't fully move is i do enjoy VR and sim racing, both of which I've seen have limited linux support still, and though I enjoy figuring things out and fixing stuff, I don't want to always be tinkering instead of just racing/gaming.

Would it be possible or safe to keep gaming on win 10 until it's totally not supported, but not using it for any shopping etc where sensitive info is being transferred ?

I did just order a 2 tb drive to put linux mint on, to give gaming on linux another try. I haven't had a linux install for a few years now and kind of miss it. But i do wonder if I'll need to reinstall all my games again or can just access them off the existing hard drives (I know, NTFS formatted wont be optimum for linux).

If I'm in the wrong spot to ask, please inform.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You can dual boot both Windows and Linux, and the reboot to Windows when you want to play games, and reboot to Linux for other stuff.

A bit of work, and extra space needed, but you can easily do that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

If you need to dual boot, you should also use a dedicated disk to prevent Windows from deleting your Linux. It has been known to happen

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you have the hardware for it you can run windows in a VM with GPU passthrough to a 2nd GPU

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Having done this myself, multiple times (I write a lot of graphics code and like being able to test stuff on AMD, Nvidia and Intel GPUs on multiple operating systems without having to switch physical machines), it's a huge hassle and frankly if you just need a Windows machine to play games on occasionally a dual boot setup is way more convenient, not to mention less buggy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I get really tired of rebooting just for a single round. A full 2nd machine would be more convenient but that means another CPU, RAM, MB, PSU, SSD, case, wires and more desk space. Try at your own risk, warning there be dragons. I'm a Gentoo user with older AMD cards your milage may vary

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

VM's for gaming is not the best use case, lots of gpu needed....